Sangre violenta / sangre violeta

In this short documentary, the Austin-based filmmakers Edna Diaz and Arturo R Jiménez follow three stories of people taking to the streets in Mexico to demand justice in the face of gender-based violence: a father mourning his murdered seven-year-old daughter; a survivor rebuilding her life after an attack by a former partner; and the members of a feminist collective. The title Sangre Violenta / Sangre Violeta (‘Violent Blood / Violet Blood’) captures both the violence they have endured and the movement they have become part of, violet being the emblematic colour of feminist movements worldwide. Together, their stories shed light on the rise of femicide in Mexico, a term used by scholars to extend beyond individual crimes against women to implicate governments and institutions in systemic violence and neglect. Simultaneously, the film becomes a portrait of solidarity, tracing how people from markedly different backgrounds and experiences come together in collective resistance. On the ground with the voices fighting femicide in Mexico Directors: Edna Diaz, Arturo R Jiménez Producer: Maggie M Bailey Website: Sangre Violenta / Sangre Violeta videoPersonality Why cleaning up crime scenes requires a rare mix of grit and empathy 9 minutes videoFamily life The migrants missing in Mexico, and the mothers who won’t stop searching for them 21 minutes videoPleasure and pain The volunteer musicians who perform in the aftermath of violence and tragedy 12 minutes videoGender and identity In southern Mexico, a long-acknowledged ‘third gender’ is not masculine or feminine 9 minutes videoFamily life ‘I hate giving you bad news’: when a daughter with breast cancer calls her mother 8 minutes videoHuman rights and justice An unarmed Indigenous group aims to protect their native lands in this stirring portrait 15 minutes videoFamily life The extraordinary story of a Black Holocaust survivor, as told by his daughter 21 minutes videoWellbeing Through a poetic account of childhood trauma, one woman reclaims her past 28 minutes videoStories and literature A beautiful woman dies and a man feels bad: why crime fiction needs a new MO 2 minutes